| 18. Those who
follow Sattva go upwards: the Rajasic remain in the middle; and the Tamasic
who follow in the coarse of the lowest guna, go downwards. Those who follow
the course of Sattvaguna will be born in the region of the Devas or the
like. The Rajasic will dwell among, men ; The Tamasicthose who follow the
course of Tamas, the lowest gunawill go down, i e they will be born in the
wombs of cattle and the like creatures.Realization of the Self beyond the
gunas leads to immortality,It has been briefly taught in the preceding discourse
that the cause of samsaraof the Purushas birth in the wombs of high and
low creaturesis the attachment which the Purusha;. whom under the influence
of the illusory know ledge that leads him to identify himself with Prakriti,
has for objects of experience, for the gunas which assume the forms of pleasure,
pain and delusion; the attachment which makes him feel I am happy, miserable,
deluded. The same thing, has been described at length here (xiv ): the nature
of the gunas, their functions, how they bind by their functions, the destination
of the persons enslaved by the functions of the gunas; all about the cause
of bondage rooted in illusion. Now, with a view to teach that moksha accrues
from right knowledge. |
